Kitty Caster

[vowelgrinch]

Super excited to share this build!  A wonderful artist (@mathiaschau_art on instagram) did a custom paint job on this, alder body. The cats are mine, Beatrice (front) and Louis (back)!

Waiting on a neck-- Roasted flame maple, ebony macassar fretboard, arizona turqoise inlays, vintage medium nut width, standard thin, 12" radius, Narrow and Tall Stainless frets.

Pickups are of course Klein Jazzycats, and I wired it up with an obsidian wire.

I'm about 7 weeks waiting on the neck, so hopefully it comes soon!

 

[Re-Pete]

Hooley Dooley, that's a work of art alright!  :icon_thumright:

 

[ragamuffin]

Wow, that's gorgeous! Especially the top

 

[stratamania]

In the meantime before the neck arrives, what is the PCB under the clear pickguard - is it a prewired harness of some type?

 

[mayfly]

In the meantime before the neck arrives, what is the PCB under the clear pickguard - is it a prewired harness of some type?

I'm curious as well.  Does not look busy enough to be active, but I guess it could have SM components on the other side...

 

[vowelgrinch]

oops! i left that out-- just an ObsidianWire w/ blender. made things way easy. So, yes, pre-wired harness.

https://obsidianwire.com/collections/pro-wire-your-strat%C2%AE/products/custom-blender-wiring-for-strat

 

[stratamania]

oops! i left that out-- just an ObsidianWire w/ blender. made things way easy. So, yes, pre-wired harness.

https://obsidianwire.com/collections/pro-wire-your-strat%C2%AE/products/custom-blender-wiring-for-strat

Thanks I wondered if it might be one of those or something home-brewed. Good luck with the build  :icon_thumright:

 

[NedRyerson]

That is definitely one of the most unique pieces I've ever seen!

 

[JohnnyHardtail]

I really like the use of artwork in combination with a top-routed body and clear pickguard.    :kewlpics:

 

[vowelgrinch]

Thanks y'all! Tomorrow makes 8 weeks for the neck...I'm sure it's almost done!

 

[vowelgrinch]

Got tracking info today!!!!!!  :headbanging:

 

[SeattleScotty]

Fantastic artwork, just wonderful for a guitar top. I think having an artist finish it is always such a great idea and creates such unique guitars. What a piece of art!

 

[vowelgrinch]

Higher quality pics coming but here it is fresh out of the box!

 

[DangerousR6]

:laughing11:

 

[vowelgrinch]

Hahaha. Love it.


Small update...I broke the back off a locking tuner, and I had cut my pickup spacers too small so they don't adjust right. What's a couple more days >_>

 

[vowelgrinch]

:sad1:

 

[stratamania]

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